We must pay Goff. There is no way around it. What Holmes said yesterday has me a bit concerned.
The window is small. In a few years many good young players on this roster will be a due a raise.
I don't want to hear about building. The building was accelerated with how well they did this year.
Now is the time to go get a dominant pass rusher. Trade that 1st rounder for a DE or a corner that will make a difference.
Just sucks the draft is in Detroit this year. lol.
The window is not small. As long as we have Brad bringing in quality players in the draft and have Dan running the show getting everything out of that talent, we will be putting out real contenders. It always takes a bit of luck to make it to the Super Bowl, but this team will be kicking people in the teeth for years to come.
I love the job Holmes has done and give him full credit for nailing the past few drafts, but a reminder that draft success has a lot to do with luck, and is not necessarily "sticky". The Seahawks went on al all-time heater from 2010-12 (Thomas, Sherman, Russ, Wagner, Wright, Tate) and build the foundation for their Super Bowl teams. But their picks in subsequent years weren't nearly as good, even though it was the same guys making them. The same trend has played out with other teams.
I hope Holmes' run continues, but it's by no means guaranteed.
Holmes has done a very good job for sure.
Teams getting players like St Brown in the 4th, and Puca in the 5th is more good fortune than great drafting. If players drafted in 4-5-6th rounds turn into stars the GM are gurus. But if they were that highly thought of in the first place they would have been first or second round picks as team would not want to lose them.
Rams had 3 5th round picks and Puca was their third choice in the 5th, now he would be their first rd pick in a do over.
Not talking just about Holmes, but all GMs.
Yes and no. Obviously, if the Pats had truly known what they had in Brady, they would have drafted him earlier and started him right away. But in his column this week, Peter King was interviewing Shanahan about when they drafted Purdy, and it wasn't an accident that they took him. They really liked him, and had a good feeling he would still be there in the last round, but also suspected he would sign with a different team if he went undrafted (which he apparently later confirmed he would have done). So they kind of played it perfectly.
Every draft pick is a tradeoff, and taking ARSB earlier would have cost the Lions someone else they liked. Even if teams don't fully realize how good those late-round guys will end up being, they often do have some idea, and sometimes they wait because they know he'll still be available.
And yes, sometimes they get lucky. The Ravens really wanted Calvin Austin but got snaked by the Steelers, so they took Isaiah Likely. (Not saying that's an all-timer, just the one example that came to mind)